Egg-carrying receptacle



Dec. 21 1926. i 1,611,821A

D. M. DlGGs g EGG CARRYING RECEPTACLE Filed May 19, 1924 Iffenor DudleyM'Diggs Patented Dec. 2l, 19.26.

UNITED STATES htllzl PATENT QFFIQE.

DUDLEY M. DIGGS, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YGR, P;SSEGNOR OFGNE-HALF T0 HENRYE. BUTLER, OF SCHENECTADY, NEVJ YORK.

EGG-CARRYING RECEPTACLT..

Application filed May 19,

The present,invention relates to re.cepta cles for carrying fragilearticles and especially receptacles for carrying eggs, although it isnot necessarily limited to such particular use.

The primary object of my invention .is to provide an improved receptacleof the chau acter referred to which, while offering goed protection tothe eggs contained in it, is at the same time simple in structure andeapable of being manufactured at a low cost.

A further object'of my invention is to provide a receptaclewherein theeggs are mounted compactly so that the receptacle is of minimum size.

A further object of my invention is to provide a receptacle whe-rein theeggs are protected in all direction-s by air cushions and whereinrounding surfaces are Vprovided for taking and distributing shocks andblows.` j

For a consideration of what I believe to be novel and my invention,attention is directed to the accompanying description and the claimsappended thereto.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a top plan view with certain parts broken awayof a receptacle embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtaken on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the receptacle comprises a casing made up oftwo part-s 3 and l which are joined together at their edges bytelescoping one within the other for a short distance. They may befastened together in any suitable manner such as for example, by meansof the surrounding beads 5 which engage one within the other. The twopart-s 3 and 4 may be exactly alike which is of advantage from amanufacturing standpoint in'that it requires the manufacture of a pieceof only one kind.

The receptacle is curvilinear in shape being preferably round and eachpart is provided with rather deep corrugations G which extend from theouter edge radially toward the center and merge into a central flatportion 7. This means that when the two parts of the receptacle areassembled Vas shown in Fig. 2, there are continuous corrugationsextending in all directions from the center 7 of one part radiallyaround the receptacle to the center 7 of the other part. Thecorrugations 6 are largest at the periphery of the. receptacle andgradually decrease in size toward the center.

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Inside the receptacle are two flat disks 8 and 9 which are supported attheir edges ou corrugations (i and between which the eggs are heldeudwise. Disks 8 and 9 may be made of suitable semi-stili' material suchas corrugated paperboard and are of such size that when resting on theinner faces of corrugations (i they are spaced apart a distance toreceive the eggs snugly between them. `Between disks S and 9 is a thirddisk it) which serves as an egg holder and spacer. It may be made ofpasteboard` and at spaced points in it are openings 11 at the edges ofwhich are tongues 12. Tongues 12 are. formed from the material of theopening and are turned in opposite directions around the openings toengage with the sides of the eggs. In the present in.- stance eachopening is formed by slotting out eight tongues, and four tongues arethen turned up and four down, every other tongue extending in the samedirection. In Fig. 1, the appearance of tongues l2 in one of theopenings before an egg is inserted in the opening is .indicated at 13 bythe dotted lines. It will be understood of course that any suitablenumber of tongues may be used. The egg-holding disk 10 is supported atits edges on corrugations (i and of such size as to be held lirmlyagainst either sidewise or up and down movement.

In packing the container, and referring particularly to the receptacleas seen .in Fig. 2, the part 3 may be placed on a support, the disk 8put init and then the. disk 10. The eggs which are indicated at 14; arethen inserted into the openings 11 between the This may be done readilyby bending up every other tongue, slipping one end of an egg, preferablythe small end, betweenthein and then pushing the egg downward. Thisserves to push the other tongues downward and to bring the egg into theopening. As the egg is pushed downward, the tongues which havepreviously been bent upward are spread apart to receive it. The egg ispushed downward until its end engages disk 8. After the eggs are allpositioned in holder 10, a disk 9 is placed-on top them and the otherpart 4 put into position. Because of the curved inner sur faces ofvcorrugations 6, disk 9 will be selfcentered. The beads 5 will hold thetwo parts of the casing together although whenever found desirable otheror additional faslOl) t-ening or holding means may be provided.

After the eggs are packed as just described they are firmly heldedgewise between disks 8 and 9 and are maintained in spaced relation toeach other by holding disk 10, the tongues l2 serving to hold the eggsfrom slipping out of openings 1l in disk l0. The disks 8 and 9 have somedegree of iiexibility and will give sufficiently to conform to eggs ofvarious sizes. This Lcan readily take place because the disks aresupported by corrugations 6 only at spaced intervals around their edges.

The casing is of such thickness and diameter -and the corrugations 6 areof such depth that disks 8 and 9 are spaced entirely away from the wallsof the Vcasing except at their edges where they engage the corrugations.This is clearly .seen from Fig. 2. By this arrangement there is an airAspace `on all sides of the eggs between them and the casing which airspace serves as an air cushion to absorb shocks and blows and preventtheir being transmitted ,to the eggs. The continuously curved radiallycorrugated casing serves also to provide a strong structure which is noteasily crushed or dented and which has a tendency by reason of thecurved surfaces to minimize the effect of blows and shocks.

In this connection.l it will be noted that the edges of disks 8 and 9rest against the inner surfaces of the inwardly projecting portions ofthe corrugations which means the inner surfaces of the botto-msof thecorrugations as viewed from the outside. This edge is thus wellprotected for any blows vagainst the container are most likely to be onthe outer portions of the eorrugations and not at the 'bottoms of them.Also, be cause of the corrugatio-ns 6, when the two parts of the casingare put together, they cannot turn relatively to each other.

In connection with my container, it is to be noted also that I utilizethe central portion for holding eggs as well as the peripheral portion.This means that there is no wasted space and that the container iscompact.

Considering the container from a manufacturing standpoint, -it will beseen that the two casing parts Sand 4. may be made alike and that disks8 land 9 are alike. This means that there are only three different partsto a container, first casing parts, secend, the disks 8 and 9 which maybe termed end disks, and third, the holding disks 19. Of these parts,the casing parts may be readily pressed up from suitable material whileparts 8, 9 and 104 are plain disks except that the latter has vtonguedholes stamped in it. This means ,that the construction can bemanufactured at a relatively'low cost.

In shipping originally, the container may Leinsel be packed in knockeddown condition, the casing parts being nested and the disks stacked oneon another. This makes a coinpact package and is a matter of greatiniportance in connection with a device of this character.

I preferably make the container round and I believe this to be the mostsatisfactory shape. However, it will be understood that I may make it ofother curvilinear shapes if desired. Also it will be understood that myinvention is not necessarily limited to the specific arrangement of thedisks 8, 9 and l() illustrated, but that other arrangements may be used.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed the principle of operation of my invention, together with theapparatus which I nowconsider to represent the best embodiment thereof,but I desire .to have it understood that the apparatus shown is onlyillustrative and thatthe invention may be carried out by other means.

lllhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

l. A containerI for fragile articles com.- prising a casing formed oftwo complementary sections which together form the end and side walls ofthe casing, the walls of each of said sections having corrugations whichextend from the center ofthe end wall radially outward through the sidewall, and supporting means for articles to be packed in the casing, saidsupporting means being located inside Vthe casing and resting on theinner surfaces of said corrugations.

2. A container for Yfragile articles comprising a iiattened annularcasingthe walls Vof which are provided with corrugat-ions which extendfrom the centers of the ends of the casing radially around the sides ofthe casing, and article-holding members which are supported on the innersurfaces of said corrugations inside the casing.

,3. A container for fragile articles comprising a fiattened annularcasing provided with corrugations which extend from the centers of theends of the casing radially around the sides of the casing, andarticleholding members which are supported on said corrugations insidethe casing, and out of contact with the ends of the casing.

4. An egg-carrying receptacle comprising a curvilinear casing rthe wallsof which are provided with radially-extending corrugations, spacedmembersv in the casing which rest at their edges on the inner surfacesof said corrugations and are adapted to engage the ends of eggs packedin the receptacle, and means for holdingeggs in spaced relation to eachother.

An egg-carrying receptacle comprising av flattened circular casingprovided with eorrugations which extend radially around the` casing'from the central portion of one end to the central portion of the otherend, and disks in the casing which rest against the eorrugations out ofContact With the ends of the casing, said disks being spaced apart adistance for holding eggs between them.

6. An egg-carrying reeeptacle comprising a {iattened circular easingprovided with corrugatons which extend radially around the casing Jfromthe Central portion of one a distance for holding eggs between them, anda third disk between said first-named disks for supporting eggs invertical, spaced relation to each other. Y

7. A receptacle lfor fragile articles comprising two complementaryparts, each part being provided with corrugations which etn tend fromthe center radially outward7 and article supporting members in each partwhich rest on the inner surfaces of said corrugations.

In witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand this 16th day of April,1924.

DUDLEY M. DIGG'S.

